Author: marylowd

Insipid Liner Notes, Take 2 – Anne O’Malley and the Event Horizons

Anne O’Malley and the Event Horizons is the first album I made that wasn’t either a soundtrack for one of my short story collections or composed of poetry I’d already written, so it was a big leap. And it turned out so well; I can’t believe it’s real.

“Stealing Promethean Fire” is a song about how AI has made it possible for some of us to create things we couldn’t have created before. It’s about being able to make music now that makes me feel the way Brian Wilson’s music always made me feel. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes, Take 2 – Anne O’Malley and the Event Horizons”

Insipid Liner Notes – Star-Shaker Sings

There’s a reptilian alien pop-star who shows up around the edges of my Entangled Universe, and so, now that I can make music… I made her first album, Star-Shaker Sings!

“Fly High the Time” is a line my older kid came up with when he was four. He’s always been crazy good with words. Anyway, it seemed like a fun place to start Star-Shaker’s first album, and it was really fun making sure it had all kinds of sci-fi details. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Star-Shaker Sings”

Insipid Liner Notes – Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman

It’s out now! The complete space opera surf rock album—Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman!

I dreamed about this album for nearly twenty years, trying to figure out how to make it, before Claude/Suno finally made it possible.

It was so worth the wait. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman”

Insipid Liner Notes – Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman

It’s out now! The complete space opera surf rock album — Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman!

I dreamed about this album for nearly twenty years, trying to figure out how to make it, before Claude/Suno finally made it possible.

It was so worth the wait. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Cobalt Starstrong the Singing Spaceman”

Writing Songs with Claude and Suno

Sometimes I feel like an LLM writing my own prompts.

And sometimes I feel like an LLM without a prompt at all.

It’s seems to be an effective hack to tell Claude about my ideas for a song… and then tell it to think about what it knows about me and write the kind of lyrics that if I heard them would sound like they’d been written just for me, telling me what I most need to hear. Continue reading “Writing Songs with Claude and Suno”

Eras Crammed Into Months

I’m having so much fun building an entire fictional universe with the music I’ve been making. I’ve been dreaming about this character — Cobalt Starstrong the singing spaceman — for nearly 20 years. Getting to finally actually make & hear his albums is a real highlight of my life.

The majority of my music so far is still song interpretations of the short stories I spent the last 20 years writing. It took about 4 months to turn all my collections into albums, and it was a great way of touring through different styles until I found one that really clicked. Continue reading “Eras Crammed Into Months”

Life, Bill Lawrence Shows, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Fantastic Four, and Horse Shows

Claude thinking: “Weighing alien authenticity against decision fatigue.”

Claude’s thought processes are the best.

It’s a fun little game the US health system plays every few months where the machinery behind one or another of my prescriptions (doctors, pharmacies, etc.) conspires to make sure I spend a couple of days checking that, yes, yes I really do need all of my meds. Continue reading “Life, Bill Lawrence Shows, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Fantastic Four, and Horse Shows”